Anthony Padilla is an American comedian and YouTuber who has amassed an estimated net worth of around $8 million. Padilla first received mainstream recognition as one half of the duo behind the Smosh YouTube channel.

Income Sources of Anthony Padilla

Anthony Padilla’s major income source was the Smosh YouTube channel which pulled off about $8 to $10 million in revenues per year. Since leaving Smosh, Padilla earns primarily through his various podcasts, movie appearances, and comedy shows.

Career and Achievements of Anthony Padilla

In 2002, Padilla started smosh.com, a website that featured several videos. The name for the website came after a friend explained mosh pit to Padilla who mistakenly heard the term as 'smosh pit'. Many future YouTubers would upload their videos on Padilla’s website, thus skyrocketing its fame. Eventually, after the formation of a close bond with his sixth-grade classmate Ian Hecox, Padilla decided to start a Youtube channel starring both friends. The channel originated from the duo’s shared knack for comedy and the popularity of their lip sync videos. One of their early videos was a lip-synching video of the original English Theme song for the Pokemon anime. The video garnered over 24 million views over its lifetime, becoming the most watched video of its time before it was removed by the Pokemon Company over copyrights issue.

Slowly Smosh started to diversify its content; Padilla and Hecox started to make short YouTube skits, and video series. Food Battle, Ask Charlie, That Damn Neighbor all were popular series for the comedy duo. Smosh also launched their app called “iShut Up App” in 2010. They even started a blog called “Smosh Pit” which consisted of various pieces of pop culture trivia.

Anthony Padilla guided Smosh to launch three new channels in 2012: ElSmosh, Shut Up! Cartoons, and Smosh Games. A Smosh movie was also made which featured Anthony and Hecox as actors. Anthony also gave his voice for the character of Hal in The Angry Birds movie. On June 14, 2017, Anthony announced his departure from Smosh. He cited ‘lack of creative freedom’ as the main reason for his departure and has committed to creating videos on his own terms. Anthony then provided the voice to Freddy in the direct-to-DVD feature Arctic Adventure: On Frozen Ground.

Personal Life of Anthony Padilla

The first public relationship that Anthony Padilla was known to have was his romantic involvement with fellow YouTuber Kalel Cullen. The couple officially announced their union on October 10, 2010.

They got engaged on June 29, 2013, but decided to call it quits on November 2014. The couple officially announced their split via a YouTube video posted on Cullen’s channel. Although, the ex-partners appeared to be friends for a while following the break-up; both have since been very hostile to each other on social media.

In May 2015, Anthony started dating Miel Bredouw. Padilla kept his relationship with Bredouw private for a long time, officially announcing their romance via a video on YouTube on September 22, 2017.

Anthony Padilla: Engagement on Online World

Anthony Padilla, a well-noted Internet celebrity has a huge following on the Internet. Padilla has more than 2.6 million followers on Instagram and more than 2 million followers on Twitter. Padilla is also active on Snapchat and Vine.